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■ *«h. j (’E °F T,,KM* Uorjih*il*ft*ltd.it\c®iSitid Jb :b vo irfA i sr liar':ug highway rrl b ry was* tbe * committed in Frauklin ti i*n*hip, Hunt* the ipgdoo county, no Wedac*day night ia*«i iaat. The victim wu James Leech, «cfe*»« who had beta working at Key no Ids- they n ville, Jefferson Ouunty, tbb Siate, and acbelt;rt_ wag returning to bis L^uie lu Franklm b untownship, wbto be was wivliid on thf* nam*pubiic road abotti ojidL.t y two men, ciiotiji abort distance fruits hi* re^i^hee. A Tbwd. violent bios? wa» iuOiciid on hi? neck ioquip'l Vjr th# oae of a stick, which rendered tb* rthim insensible, after which be wa of ]!j(|LJ L ■» .af ^ : J - 'lt; ^ gV- *-lS5^ w I/ £#£e(*t hi« artn* tied behind bis back »*'a:lt;%*itli a h»tdk**Fchtef taken from bn prwMpocket, and rubbed of seventy-five dol- aelmlt;cc ;ar» m money After they bad com- ■-'■^ pleted their dtabdical work, the r b* Jax,ll berawion'a *bort note, addrLt**cd to * *their victim, stating tbat they bud got f^r S . more money than they expected, After *hthe lapse of a .^bort time, Mi. Leeahj^biJjibscamo ecn-?ioo?, ao i reaUz***! thr ter- bo mrible fact that be Lad bevu brutally as* *nd 1saulted, anri robbed of hi* money, and or retbat be wan now left in the pttbhc road, themat the byur of midnight, with bit arm* •|*PK’pinioned, and bis mouth gagged, v aa Uilfc^'to prevent him frutn even speaking, ,r e1'and thus endeavoring to call s* me one •*« ,l5 to his re*^ue* He at once began fo tluir icakc every possible efort to fr^e t o) 'VFcif from bis dreadful situation, and m nafier patiently working, be finally sue* •chi*eeedcd in freeing hi* anna : this being Jul lidlt;*ne, be bad no difficulty in rem ^Ting nlt; wthe ^:*g from bid uouiIk r.ft-r which i»c Anatpr*»cclt;'ded on bw wav borne, wbieh be the aaoon reacbcd without further injury,— futii^ L»n the neit da? two persons, nauita' * -reapoctirely, Hiram IS j we r mas ter and the lt;r? !amel lUiitj — both of wbotn bciong faknlt;r fo Praokiin tpwn^bir—were arrested thori|. V *^ opon AU^picion of being the j*er*oa-. le!iowbo perpetrated the robbery. They **nin* w^re taken before Squire I,eofbta Jnn- ^tan rt^ t ce of the Peace of Franklin lowaabip, *h« iand wbo the faihor of ti e part? tnilliwho bad been robbed. \\ ben taken r*te* before the Justice, me pria mera pro A 11 tested that Lh**y were inuoctnt of the *el*d cbargc preferred a^iinst them, and de*1 manded a beiring, which wis acc rded h!»‘ !, thetn. At tbo bearing the Ja»ticemi»-takeoly permitted tbs f riaoaerfl to gtvc ^esi evidenec on fi«tr fide of tbe csa#*, andthe rtt?iult vat, thev ceeded in cstab- ^*atl„ hpbirp an ahln wHch induced tb^ oOi* lJlu^1 ccr to discharge tbera Tbers were, an^ however^ so«i*» fact* elicited in the,naelt; •** f hearing A tbe cape, wbuh, taken in t0 * counlt;*eUofi with tbe previous character#-- of tbe acco5t*d. Ifd the cittt^ns of tbe tiX 1 rtti netgbborbiKKi to bilk-va tbac Ilowtr- Ui^aJ H-S j master and Bailey were actually tbe i it do, guilty parties, and bencc cffjrts were ‘ Ittiv ia‘ act on fout to secure their rlt;*-atre#t,— of t!|| | _ j ConstAbb'S Themis l'tenberg, Daniel ibal!ttr*.tjl Irwin and WtiUatu I'owiey accordingly ( wi9tsrt«d id p^-^nit of tbe accuscd par- I wbic tie?, otid Succeeded in agi;n arresiing both of them, in Biid Kagts Valley, ri*£ centre county, cn Friisy last. The friaocars were brought to Huntingdon oU1^l4a in charge of Constable I sen berg, od tie froF1 fa m ' jI ereoing of tbe day ia^t named, and ** were lodged in jiiJ to an«wer, at the coUeoeat term of court, tb* beiuoua charge and is of bigbwsy robbery. —- Hvnting ion wbai u]p m\fotiiL*jr. j8balatincrren*e-r-r-ogbeeroffr •tbi*I.utrr-tv
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Mifflintown Juniata Sentinel And Republican
Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, May 12, 1875
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